For operators and fleet planners, the “what replaces oil” question isn’t theoretical anymore — it’s a purchasing decision being made right now, and the transport sector is splitting cleanly by vehicle class rather than converging on one winner. Passenger and light-duty: battery electric has already won Global electric car sales exceeded 20 million in 2025, reaching about 25 percent of total car sales, and the IEA expects that share to climb to roughly 28 percent in 2026.

The nationwide shortage of safe and accessible commercial truck parking has surfaced as one of the more concrete and actionable freight challenges facing the U.S. transportation system, drawing attention from the Department of Transportation’s Multimodal Freight Office as a problem that crosses modal boundaries and resists single-agency resolution. A recent GAO review of the Multimodal Freight Office found that representatives from three of five transportation associations interviewed specifically identified truck parking as an area where the office could drive meaningful progress through improved coordination.

The Netherlands will launch a kilometre-based truck toll on 1 July 2026, replacing the existing Eurovignette system. The toll applies to all trucks in categories N2 and N3 — vehicles with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3,500 kg — including the estimated 725,000 unique foreign trucks that use Dutch roads each year. Coverage and compliance The toll covers almost all Dutch highways plus selected provincial and municipal roads. Every qualifying truck must carry a functioning onboard unit (OBU) from an approved service provider before entering the Netherlands.

BEAVERTON, Ore., July 17, 2024 - Spot truckload rates rose in June despite declines in the number of loads moved, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service. The DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), an indicator of loads moved during a given month, retreated from all-time highs for van and refrigerated (“reefer”) loads in May: Van TVI: 266, down 9% month over month Reefer TVI: 199, down 11% Flatbed TVI: 279, down 7% Year over year, the van and flatbed TVI dipped 3% and 5%, respectively.